Israeli films - 1940s - 1950s

This is the story of a small band of Jews who traveled on foot from Yemen to Israel in 1926. Naomi (Shoshana Damari) is a Jewish woman who was orphaned as a child and works as an entertainer in a coffeehouse. There is antisemitism in the town, and when a little Jewish boy's parents are murdered by marauding Arabs, the local people take the boy to live with Naomi. At this time, a group is forming to make the trek to Israel, and Naomi and the little boy join the group. Zadok (Shaike Ophir) is a Zionist emissary who has been sent to lead the group on the grueling journey.

In 1948, four Israeli soldiers recount the events that led them to take up arms while preparing for a final mission in the hours leading up to a truce.

A Tel Aviv taxi breaks down, and while the driver attempts to repair it, the passengers take shelter and relate tales to each other. One man relates how he became a hero, in a comic fashion, while on Army maneuvers; an elderly woman tells of her first visit to the big city; another woman tells how she and her husband invited his boss and his wife to their home for dinner, with the intent of getting the husband a raise, and they wound up in a hospital thinking they had food poisoning. Another story concerns how the police caught a demented-thief who stole from a bank to give money to the poor.

Gideon was wounded in battle near Jerusalem by an Arab sniper. He was saved by a woman, and then evacuated to recovery in the hospital. After recovering, he decides to return to his kibbutz and his girlfriend, but soon he realizes that he prefers the woman who rescued him.

Produced in Israel in English with an international cast, "The Faithful City" depicts some of the courage, patience, bravery and understanding that attended the birth of Israel as a free and independent nation. The larger story is told within the framework of a simple story regarding the rehabilitation of orphaned-children from war-ravaged Europe. Sam, a counselor from a boy's camp in New York state, is at first confident that children are children no matter what their backgrounds. He soon finds the young refugees to be mature, tough, and living by the creed of 'survival at any cost.' One of the children,Max, frustrates Sam by his dishonesty and cockiness.

The story follows a truck which is brought into British occupied Palestine during the secret arrival of Jewish refugees and is later used during the war for Israel's independence and the combat against the Arabs.

Ein Beira is transliterated Hebrew, meaning "No Choice."

A little boy doesn't know what to do when his favorite animal, a cow, no longer provides milk.